2009 Rugby League European Cup
international rugby league tournament
The 2009 Rugby League European Cup, known as the rugbyleague.com European Cup due to sponsorship, was a rugby league football tournament.
The revamped Rugby League European Cup 2009 involved six teams competing in two groups of three. Participating teams were: Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Serbia, Lebanon and Italy. Russia were scheduled to take part in the competition, but were forced to pull out due to board restructuring within the Russian Rugby League Federation. They were replaced by the RLEF European Shield winners, Italy.
Squads
Lebanon
Coach: John Elias
Hazem El Masri was no longer available after retiring from the sport.
Robbie Farah was unavailable due to being named in Australia's Four Nations squad.
Charlie Farah, Anthony Farah, Nathan Dib and Jarrod Saffy were all injury withdrawals.
Wales
Coach: Iestyn Harris (Crusaders Rugby League)
Anthony Blackwood (Celtic Crusaders), Ben Evans (Warrington Wolves), Rhys Evans (Warrington Wolves) and Craig Kopczak (Bradford Bulls) were put on a four-man stand-by list that was used in case of injuries.
Notable omissions included Glenn Morrison, David Mills and James Evans.
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